Environmental consultancy Environmental Resources Management (ERM) has confirmed to Recruiter it will create 20 new jobs having opened a new office in Swansea yesterday.

The company currently employs 4,000 people in 140 offices worldwide.

Its clients include government, councils, steel firm Tata, energy company NPower and supermarket Tesco, according to BBC News.

It has recently been involved with regeneration of the Ebbw Vale steelworks in Wales.

Welsh business minister Edwina Hart told the BBC that energy and environment are seen as key growth sectors in the Welsh economy, having high job creation and growth potential.